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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1872

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Anniversary of the Wes[?]yan Sabbath School

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1872 · page 2

The annual sermons in connection with the above institution in this town were preached last Sabbath, in the forenoon and evening, by the Rev. W. Fidler. The congregation on either…

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Presbyterian Sabbath School. Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1872 · page 2

THE annual examination of the children of the above mentioned school, together with the usual festival, took place at the Presbyterian church and grounds at Jamberoo on Friday…

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Wollongong School of Arts

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 February 1872 · page 3

The annual meeting of members, for the election of Officers in connection with the above institution, was held last Tuesday evening, in the Hall. The attendance was not large, but the…

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Union Sabbath School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1872 · page 2

THE annual treat of the Mount Brandon (Jamberoo) Sunday School took place on Friday last, and was attended, exclusive of the children, by considerably over two…

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Public School Exhibition

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1872 · page 2

THE anticipated "exhibition" at the Kiama Public School on occasion of the breaking-up for the Easter holidays, took place, as announced, on Thursday last. As it was the…

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Ulladulla School of Arts

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1872 · page 4

THE following address was road by the president of the abovenamed institution J. V. Waroham, E-q ,on Friday evening, 22nd ultimo, at its formal opening :-…

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Gerringong Wesleyan Sabbath School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1872 · page 2

MEETINGS—religious and festive—In correction with the anniversary of the above school, were held in the Wesleyan church, Gerringong, on Sunday, 31st [?], and Monday, 1st…

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Milton Ulladulla. Milton Mechanics Institution and School of Arts

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1872 · page 3

On Thursday, April 4, the fifth general annual meeting of the above institution was held James Warden, Esq., M.L.A., in the chair. The business of the meeting was opened by…

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Prussian Cadets Schools

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1872 · page 4

THE French are becoming much more military than the Prussians ; for it seems that the idea, lately promulgated, of teaching French school-boys the use of…

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The Public School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1872 · page 2

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.—Our readers will observe an advertisement in our present issue inviting tenders for the creation of a two called paling fence to enclose the paddock in…

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Original Correspondence. the Sabbath School: the Need There Is for Its Agency, and the Nature of Its Work. an Essay. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1872 · page 4

SIR,—A few days ago we found our way into a Court of Justice. Entering the portico we observed that the space allotted to the public was densely packed…

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Omega Retreat Public School

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1872 · page 2

OUR readers are aware that it has been the practice of the teachers of this school—Mr. and Mrs. Hont —with the assistance of their pupils and occasionally a few of the amateur…

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Archdeacon Denison on School Inspectors

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1872 · page 4

ARCHDEACON DENISON IS said to be naturally a kind-hearted man; but we have his own testimony to the fact that when he comes across an Inspector of Schools…

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Milton School of Arts and Mechanics' Institution

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1872 · page 2

The formal opening of this society's new hall took place on Tuesday evening last. Although several meetings—through the courtesy of the contractor—have been held in the…

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Wollongong Public School. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 September 1872 · page 2

SIR,—When the Inspector visits a school for the purpose of examining it, euch class, separately, undergoes the test in the subjects proscribed in the "Programme of Lessons" as taught to that class…

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Wollongong [?]rublie school. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1872 · page 2

MR. EDITOR.—A member of the Local Board" wishes to explain away Mrs. Julia Jackson's very sensible remarks on the Inspector's severe censure Unit the instruction given at this school is not…

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Wollongong Public School. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 September 1872 · page 2

SIR,—I said in my letter last week that the report of the above school was a very respectable one, all things being equal. And there's the rub. You gave us, not long since, extracts from the…

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Wollongong Public School. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 September 1872 · page 2

SIR,—Our friend the teacher of "Mount All-the-Year-Round" was going to say—"The inspector makes a great point of nice classification, and he is right, for it is quite impossibly to fulfil the…

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Model Schools and Schools Without a Model. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 October 1872 · page 2

SIR,—We found the teacher of the school at "Opossum-up-a-Gum-tree Flat" professing to be a little riled whenever he hoard of a Model School, and as we naturally supposed Model Schools to…

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Local News. Teachers' Picnic

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1872 · page 2

The "friendly gathering" of the teachers of the Camden district, that was publicly announced for some time previous, took place on the Wollonyong racecourse, on Friday last. So far as a…

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